How do I know that I have iron deficiency? What are the symptoms to look out for?
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How do I know that I have iron deficiency? What are the symptoms to look out for?
Iron deficiency occurs when the body doesn’t have enough of the mineral iron. This leads to abnormally low levels of red blood cells.
That’s because iron is needed to make hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that enables them to carry oxygen around the body. If your body doesn’t have enough hemoglobin, your tissues and muscles won’t get enough oxygen and be able to work effectively. This leads to a condition called anemia. Although there are different types of anemia, iron-deficiency anemia is the most common worldwide. Common causes of iron deficiency include inadequate iron intake due to poor diet or restrictive diets, inflammatory bowel disease, increased requirements during pregnancy and blood loss through heavy periods or internal bleeding.
The symptoms of iron deficiency is always common among people, but then, it can sometimes vary from one individual to another.
I was dizzy and exhausted, combined with hair loss. Pounding heart when laying down completely calm and still. Would wake me up sometimes. Fuzzy thinking Sweating with little to know exertion. I’m not talking a little sweat it was like I had been at the gym for an hour and all I had done was was the dishes. Not even a little exaggeration either. It was scary and unpleasant but i have been on iron and b vitamins for going on 18 months now and feel great.